This is an ever expanding glossary of Conquer Club terms/slang, designed for those who aren't quite sure what certain terms mean.
Glossary (in alphabetical order)
BLUE = Clan
? - Symbol used to signify the rank of New Recruit
ABWOP - Addition by way of post
Adj - Adjacent fortifications (game setting)
Assbourg - Luxembourg map on Assassin setting, usually played with 8 players and often as a speed game
Assdoodle - Doodle Earth map on Assassin setting, usually played with 8 players and often as a speed game
Congrats - Shows as a title in many GD threads. Given as soon as a member of the site manages to achieve a certain level of rankness.
Congratz - See congrats ^^
Congs - See congrats ^^
BH - Bounty Hunter(s) (Clan) -> (Clicky)
Block - To prevent another player from killing a weaker player
BOB - Greasemonkey script add-on utility
Break - To take a territory off someone which thereby prevents them from collecting a continent bonus
Build(er) - a game that has no end in sight, players are just dropping their troops on the board
BPB -- Bullet Proof Bandits (Clan) -> (Clicky)
BTW - By the way
CA - Foundry Mods that help facilitate map production
C&A - Cheating and Abuse Forum -> (Clicky)
CC - Conquer Club
Clicky/clickable maps - Add-on that is explained -> (Clicky)
Deadbeat(er) - A player who is kicked from a game for missing 3 consecutive turns
Dice - A term for the 1-6 numbers that decide the outcome of a battle when you click "Assault"
DM (Dancing Mustard) - A player (Clicky) and forum regular (when not banned). "Oh he's doing a DM" generally means that someone has a 1 month vacation (see vacation)
Farming - To play New Recruits/low ranks in order to gain points and gain promotions
Feedback - Player rating system that is now no longer in use
FFS - For f***s sake
Fog of War - A game type in which only the regions that can be attacked from one of your (or your teammate's) regions are visible.
Foggy - 'Fog of War = Yes' as a game setting, the opposite of Sunny
Fort/fortify - Alternative term for reinforce(ing/ment)
FS - Freestyle (game setting)
FW - Flame wars forum, this is a forum in which players generally get annoyed at each other -> (Clicky)
Fortline - Regions forming a chain, which are useful in a Unlimited/Chained reinforcement game
GD - General discussion forum, this is where all general Conquer Club matters are discussed -> (Clicky)
G1 - Generation One (Clan) -> (Clicky)
GG - Good game, it is common politeness to say this at the end of a good game
GL - Good luck, it is common politeness to say this at the start of a game
GLA - Good luck all, see GL ^^
HF - Have fun, it is common politeness to say this at the start of a game
Hunter - A staff member given special privileges to help them in "hunting" those with multiple accounts.
IMO - In my opinion
KLOBBER - A particularly (in)famous player of Conquer Club (Clicky)
LoW - Legends of War (Clan) -> (Clicky)
Mafia (game) - An unofficial game type that is explained here -> (Clicky)
Mid-turn cash - See "Re-cash"
Mod/moderator - Someone who is trusted by the creators of the website to help manage problems on the site
Multi - Someone who has multiple accounts (which is cheating)
Noob - An inexperienced player/someone who doesn't know how the game works (often, but not always, a New Recruit)
NP - No problem
OP - Original poster
PM - Private Message; accessed by clicking on the "Inbox" button on the interaction button to your left.
Post - A message "posted" in this forum, for all to see
Privi - A tournament forum term, short for privliges you get when you host a tournament
Quench - The acceptance of a map onto CC. Also used facetiously as a retort to a map that needs a lot of work
RGB - Red, Green, Blue : Normally used to refer to a set of spoils in which the player in question has a Red, a Green, and a Blue spoil simultaneously.
Re-cash - Because no more than 5 spoils can be held at once, after eliminating someone(and taking their cards) someone may have to cash in mid-turn (re-cash)
RISK - A board game that fans of this site may enjoy playing (Clicky)
RT - Real time; mostly used by freemiums who wish to play a quick game "Do you want to play RT?" - each player will then play straight after the preceeding one; instead of waiting near 24 hours for each player
Skipping - Either not taking a card or skipping a turn instead of cashing
Stacker - A game with huge numbers [stacks] of armies, generally where nobody wants to attack another player for fear of weakening themselves.
Steal - When one player does most of the work to eliminate a player, but a third jumps in at the last minute to finish the elimination, and thus "steal" the kill.
Suggs n Bugs - Suggestions and Bugs Forum -> (Clicky)
Sunny - The equivalent of 'Fog of War = No' as a game setting, ie - the opposite of
Foggy (see Fog of War)
Sweep - To kill all/the rest of the players in one turn
Taking the mick - To mock something eg "He takes the mick [mocks] out of cooks"
THOTA - The Horesmen Of The Apocalypse (Clan) -> (Clicky)
TD - Tournament Director (The mods of the tournament forum)
TE - Tournament Elf (The organizers who help the TD's on a regular basis but are not mods)
TNT - Titans & Tyrants (Clan) -> (Clicky)
TO - Tournament Organizer (The player organizing the specific tournament)
TUC - The Untouchables (Clan) -> (Clicky)
Vacation - A ban that prevents a player from posting in the forum or sending Private Messages for a given time length
WP - Well played
WTF - What the f***
XML - A form of programming code used on the site that dictates the rules of a map.
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